Joel Grey on Larry Kramer and Starring in the Original Production of ‘Normal Heart’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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variety.comBy Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Joel Grey approached Larry Kramer after seeing a preview performance of “The Normal Heart” at New York’s Public Theater in 1985. “I was devastated and said to him, ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen, but if anything changes in the future or if there’s another production, please call me,’” Grey recalled in an interview on Wednesday shortly after learning about the writer and activist’s death.
About two days later, producer Joseph Papp called Grey and asked him if he wanted to join the show. It was bittersweet because he would be replacing Brad Davis, who had become too sick with AIDS-related illnesses to continue, as Ned.
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